LAST 16. WIMBLEDON 2006
AMELIE MAURESMO defeated ANA IVANOVIC 6-3, 6-4
ANASTASIA MYSKINA defeated JELENA JANKOVIC 6-4, 7-6(7-5)
MARIA SHARAPOVA defeated FLAVIA PENNETTA 7-6(7-5), 3-6, 6-3
ELENA DEMENTIEVA defeated SHENAY PERRY 6-2, 6-0
SEVERINE BREMOND defeated AI SUGIYAMA 7-6(13-11), 6-3
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE defeated DANIELA HANTUCHOVA 6-3, 6-1
NA LI defeated NICOLE VAIDISOVA 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
KIM CLIJSTERS defeated AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 6-2, 6-2
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QUARTERFINALS
AMELIE MAURESMO defeated ANASTASIA MYSKINA 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
MARIA SHARAPOVA defeated ELENA DEMENTIEVA 6-1, 6-4
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE defeated SEVERINE BREMOND 6-4, 6-4
KIM CLIJSTERS defeated NA LI 6-4, 7-5
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SEMIFINALS
AMELIE MAURESMO defeated MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE defeated KIM CLIJSTERS 6-4, 7-6(7-4)
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FINAL
AMELIE MAURESMO defeated JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
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(The pictures above show an ecstatic Amelie celebrating her victory at Wimbledon 2006. She had to do it the hard way in the final, having lost the first set 2-6 to Maria Sharapova, but she bounced back in style to take the next two sets 6-3, 6-4. The victory capped a memorbale year for Mauresmo who had captured her first Grand Slam title when winning the Australian Open in January.)